Snapshots of 45 outstanding students (Miami Herald) The Miami Herald last week presented the annual Silver Knight Awards to 15 Broward high school seniors who demonstrated extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics, creativity and community service....more...The Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra (Nuvo) ?There?s nothing like 16 real live musicians with blood pulsing through their veins, blowing air through instruments right at you,? says Mark Buselli, co-founder with Brent Wallarab of the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra. His eyes sparkle when he says this ? he?s felt it, he knows....more... Writing for the Lord Ministries Launches Website to Better Serve Booklovers, Churches, Christian Publishing Industry ... (Christian News Wire) MEDIA ADVISORY, May 7 / Christian Newswire / -- Estimates reveal that small press entrepreneurs and/or self-published authors account for 95% of the 190,000 books published in the United States annually, but only reflect 10% of total sales....more... The need for literature in a language course (Yemen Times Online) Language, as we know, is a tool for communication. This becomes more so, when it happens to be a foreign language. Not many learn a foreign language for the purpose of enjoying its literature. Enjoyment of literature for them is nothing but incidental....more... Posted by at 04:55 PM EST (American Heritage) I enjoyed reading Fred Smoler?s response to The New Republic ?s article on Andrew Roberts. His point about Hari?s personal attack on Roberts?s family origins is particularly well taken....more... Fast Feedback (WSTM-TV NBC 3) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - There's been talk at the state Capitol recently about whether New York state should reinstate the death penalty....more... Excerpt: 'The Canon' (NPR) When the second of her two children turned thirteen, my sister decided that it finally was time to let their membership lapse in two familiar family haunts: the science museum and the zoo. These were kiddie places, she told me. Her children now had more mature tastes....more... Educators look to comics to spur student interest (The Press-Enterprise) Jeffrey Kahan and Stanley Stewart have written about and taught Hamlet, Othello and King Lear as Shakespearean scholars for a combined 65 years....more... Educators look to comics to spur student interest (The Press-Enterprise) Jeffrey Kahan and Stanley Stewart have written about and taught Hamlet, Othello and King Lear as Shakespearean scholars for a combined 65 years. But their new book focuses on Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men....more... |